High pressure just to our east (and building) continues the strong southeasterly breeze through the weekend. As result, the coastal flood advisory for low-lying areas has been extended into Sunday. This means that tides will continue running 1-2 feet above their normal levels through the weekend. This will result in nuisance flooding during high tides in a few areas susceptible….
Pearl River Central High School teacher Chayna Adams received the surprise of a lifetime today. This morning, she was awarded a $25,000 Milken Educator Award at an assembly in the school gym. The Milken Awards, created in 1987, recognize teaching excellence to inspire educators, students, and communities about the teaching profession. Called the ‘Oscars of teaching,’ the award is presented…
Coast Transit Authority and Mississippi Power unveiled the first battery electric bus in Mississippi. This bus, manufactured by Gillig, is zero-emission and 35-feet long. The green and clean electric bus builds on a progression of CTA’s environmentally friendly fleet since 2003. CTA currently operates with a fleet of hybrid electric and dual-fueled (gas and propane) buses on fixed and demand…
The Biloxi Bay Area Chamber of Commerce held a ceremony today at the Biloxi Visitor Center where they planted a moon tree for two former members who died last year. A moon tree is a tree whose seed was taken to the moon by Stuart Roosa during the Apollo 14 launch in 1971. The tree planted today is a second-generation…
The Mississippi Aquarium celebrated Earth Day be sending more than 10,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads and trinkets to be recycled at the Arc of Greater New Orleans, thanks to a partnership with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and the community. Along with the bead donation, the aquarium asked some of its partners to celebrate the bead drive and Earth…
To celebrate Earth Day, Exit Realty and 911 Restoration partnered to help clean a portion of the beach in Harrison County. Clean up stations were set up along the beach. Due to the high winds, there was a lot of trash being blow onto the sand. Cigarette butts, plastic bottles, and food wrappers made up most of the garbage removed…
Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer has confirmed that the body found off Keebler Road on Wednesday is 75-year-old Dorothy Burks. Miss Burks body was found in the woods behind a residence on Keebler Road in Lyman, the same road where Burks was last seen from video on a door security camera. Burks was reported missing on March 23rd near 5th…
Elon Musk says there’s one group he wants to get rid of if he is successful in buying Twitter and Old Navy says it won’t raise prices on kids back to school clothes. Jane King is at the Nasdaq with those stories and more in today’s Morning Business Report. Categories: Business Tags: business, morning business report
800 pounds of crawfish served up with some live music and a great cause, all part of the Llama Project. Here to tell us more about it is David Reese, owner of Fly Llama Brewing. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: crawfish boil, Fly Llama Brewing, The Llama Project
The River City Festival is coming up in just a few weeks. Here with all the details on this year’s event is Levi Sims and Christian Hartley. Categories: Community Headlines Tags: moss point, River City Festival
The Jackson County Heart Walk is back in-person this year so you may to want head to Beach Park first thing tomorrow morning and participate. The event helps the American Heart Association raise money and awareness for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Check in time is 8 tomorrow morning at Beach Park in Pascagoula. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Jackson County…
Tomorrow, Coast Young Professionals is hosting its Walking on Water fundraiser. The walk across the Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge will start at the Point Cadet Pavilion in Biloxi. The event raises money for Feeding the Gulf Coast, a group that in turn helps people dealing with food insecurity across South Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Walking on Water is tomorrow from 9…
There’s plenty more crawfish to fill you up at the Crawfish Music Festival at the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. The gates are open from 5 to 11 Friday and again Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. The event features carnival games, exciting rides, and delicious food including some hot boiled crawfish. Tickets can be found on StubHub or…
Long Beach School District will introduce a pre-K early learning program next year, thanks to a grant from the Department of Education. The $750,000 grant will allow Long Beach to add the Pre-K4 classes starting this fall. The Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013 established the Early Learning Collaborative Program, which provided funding to establish, expand, support, and facilitate the…
An upper level ridge is building in and across the southeastern CONUS with the center passing across the CWA today. As a result, onshore flow becomes well established and and 500mb heights rise. Those 2 changes will enhance moderating period that started a couple days ago. The deterministic NBM high forecast falls on the higher side of guidance each day…
An upper level ridge is building in and across the southeastern CONUS with the center passing across the CWA today. As a result, onshore flow becomes well established and and 500mb heights rise. Those 2 changes will enhance moderating period that started a couple days ago. The deterministic NBM high forecast falls on the higher side of guidance each day…
Southeast breezes will diminish temporarily tonight, but our seasonal Bermuda high pressure will extend further into the eastern gulf and across the southeast through Saturday. As a result, onshore flow continues the strong breeze off the water. This will keep our coastal flood advisory in place through most of Friday, with tides still running 1-2 feet above normal. Forecast temps…
According to EPSN, Moss Point alum Devin Booker is out for games three and four in New Orleans with a grade one hamstring strain. Overall, he could miss between two to three weeks, putting his ability to return for the Phoenix Suns’ first round playoff series against the Pelicans very much in doubt. Booker has missed 11 games over the…
Both football and baseball very much still on the table for Ocean Springs quarterback Bray Hubbard. Today, the junior received a football offer from Florida Atlantic, his seventh offer overall and his second this month, just a week removed from landing one with Navy. Currently committed to Southern Miss for baseball, Hubbard also sitting on football offers from USM, Nicholls…
Gulfport softball hosting East Central in a match-up of teams with first-round byes. Lady Admirals win 8-1. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, High School Baseball, sports
Gulfport baseball hosting Pearl River Central. Good tune up game for a pair of teams with first-round byes. PRC wins 7-6. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, High School Baseball, sports
Not exactly the College World Series preview we had in mind when both Mississippi State and Ole Miss were ranked in the top five to start the season. Both schools now out of the top 25 altogether, heading into a stretch of four straight head-to-head games. But a lot of real estate at stake this weekend, Rebels hosting Bulldogs for…
Yesterday, a body matching the description of missing 75-year-old Dorothy Jean Burks was found. News 25 spoke with United Cajun Navy President Todd Terrell about the tragic discovery. Terrell says he was contacted by a family member about three weeks into the search and asked if he and his team could assist in the search. He then searched through his…
Our seasonal Bermuda high pressure area will begin extending in and across the southeastern CONUS today through Saturday. As a result, onshore flow continues to become well established, continuing the strong breeze off the gulf. This will keep our coastal flood advisory in place through most of Friday, with tides still running 1-2 feet above normal. Forecast temps aren’t specifically…